Admonitions And Warnings Part 4

In The Word of God are texts published and offered which Bertha Dudde was permitted to prophetically receive and record. One promise of Jesus Christ was (John 14.21): ‘Whoever has My commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves Me. He who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I too will love him and show Myself to him.’

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Please take special notice of the fact that God’s Words addressed to us are non-denominational. The contents of the publication by no means intends to attract members of any Christian religious affiliation nor to recruit members into any other religious affiliation.

Its sole purpose is to make the present-day Word of God .... accessible to all people. May this Word of God become a blessing to many people.

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Who was Bertha Dudde?

Bertha Dudde wurde am 1. April 1891 als zweitälteste Tochter eines Kunstmalers in Liegnitz, Schlesien, geboren.

Bertha Dudde was born on 1. April 1891, as the second oldest daughter of a painter, in Liegnitz, Silesia. She became a dressmaker and began to receive pronouncements from God through the ‘Inner Word’ on 15. June 1937.

“In a clear dream I was moved to write down my thoughts after devout prayer. Understandably this often gave way to doubt and inner conflicts until I was convinced that I was, myself, by no means the initiator of these exquisitely gracious words; but instead it was the spirit within me, in other words, the love of the Heavenly Father was obviously responsible for them and introduced me to the truth”.

“I was given knowledge of the spiritual world which far exceeded my elementary school education. I received and receive this knowledge as a dictation in a state of complete consciousness; I write down everything I am told in shorthand, in order to then transfer it word for word to clean copy. The procedure does not take place in a state of compulsion, for example in a state of trance or ecstasy, but in an absolutely level-headed frame of mind. However, I have to want it to happen and then I can receive these dictations voluntarily; they are neither bound by time nor place.”

“Now I only have one wish, which is to be able to make these gifts of grace accessible to many more people and in accordance with the will of God Himself to be allowed to do much more work in His vineyard.”

(Quotations from an autobiography from 1959).

Bertha Dudde died on 18. September 1965 in Leverkusen, Germany.

Published by friends of the New Revelation, Hans-Willi Schmitz und Wilhelm Wegers

http://en.bertha-dudde.org

Autobiography of Bertha Dudde

At the request of many friends Bertha Dudde wrote the following biography in 1953:

I have been writing messages received through the inner Word since June 15, 1937. In answer to the many requests of my friends I will give you a picture of my earthly life, a short explanation of what I received spiritually, and my own feelings about all this.

I was born April 1, 1891, the second oldest daughter of an artist of Liegnitz in Silesia, today's Poland. I had a normally peaceful childhood, with six sisters in our parent’s home. I learned the cares of life at an early age. The desire to make money to help my parents made me learn the trade of a seamstress. As the financial needs of my parents continued, so did the burden, and in this way I made myself useful.

My parents belonged to different denominations. Father was a Protestant - Mother a Catholic. We children were brought up in the Catholic faith but never experienced pressure or force to follow the practices of the church so that each child in later years was able to pursue their own chosen course.

I myself was religious but could not accept the doctrine of the Catholic system although I respected the church. I could not represent something on the outside that my inner conscience had not accepted. So I did not continue to attend church, heard little preaching and had no knowledge of the Bible. I did not read any religious books or scientific literature and did not join any other group or religious sect.

Anyone knowing the Catholic teaching knows what a conscious struggle one finds himself in when he wants to release himself from it. I was not spared from this either. But the question as to what is the Truth and where it is to be found, remained.

Often when I prayed the Lord's Prayer I would beseech the Lord to allow me to find His kingdom. This prayer was answered in June 15, 1937, as I prayed quietly and waited for the inner voice. In this attitude I persisted often, for a wonderful peace came over me and thoughts which came to my heart, not my head, gave me comfort and strength.

Still I did not know that these thoughts were given to me until, in a strange dream I experienced something which later proved to be the Truth and caused me to write down these thoughts.

So on a certain day as I listened inwardly a stream of words came to me, which I wrote down. This was the first message I wrote which started like this: "In the beginning was the Word, 'a Te-Deum' to the Creator of Heaven and Earth."

Then came doubt, …. did you write this by yourself? In short, I have wrestled, prayed and gone through many struggles, but again and again the words came to me like a stream, a wisdom, which made me tremble. Then God Himself took away my doubts. He answered me and I acknowledged Him as our Father, in His Word. My faith grew, doubt diminished, and I received and wrote daily.

The contents of the writings were beyond my understanding. Phrases, which I had never heard of or read about, strange and scientific expressions and references continually came to me. Then came unheard of expressions of the Heavenly Father's Love giving refuge and providing enlightenment to all the questions of life.

The Words came to me in the following manner: After sincere prayer and a short period of composure I listened inwardly. Thoughts then followed coming to my mind, clearly, distinctly, and the words flowed smoothly always three or four, one after another, like writing a radio announcement or a weather report, slowly so that I could easily keep pace, writing line after line.

Now I write the words in shorthand as a dictation without having any constructive or intellectual part in it. I am in no way in a 'trance', nor do I even form the sentences, but it comes to me one word at a time, neither do I understand the context while I am writing the words down.

After days, sometimes weeks, I transcribe the shorthand writings into longhand without changing or correcting a syllable. Each dictation takes about half an hour. I must stress that this could not happen forcibly or in a state of ecstasy. It all takes place simply and consciously, without any excitement or influence of my own will. I can interrupt myself at any time and finish the sentence after hours or days without reading the previous writing the dictated words continue again.

My will is under no compulsion, all that I desire is to serve God and do what His will wants me to do.

I can truthfully say that I was led into this Truth, and these concepts were, in every respect, foreign to me. It was only after years that I found confirmation of what I received when I came to know the writings of Jacob Lorber. No one can imagine my joy when I discovered the literature of Jacob Lorber; ‘The Great Gospel of John’ and ‘The Youth of Christ’. Then I understood that other people were also given the Word of the Lord, that God had spoken to His children at all times and that God will continue to do this in His endless love and mercy.

I found in Lorber's writings the same as was given to me. I often could not understand the Word that came to me, but in His love the Heavenly Father gave me the explanation. How wonderful are the innumerable manifestations in which the Father displays His exceedingly great goodness.

It became clear to me that my limited education due to lack of money, and my lack of time to read good books or visit performances, became my advantage. I was now able to concentrate on my work from early morning to late at night, and each day I received that precious spiritual Word without knowing for whom I received it.

It is because of my ignorance of the Bible and the Catholic doctrine that I accepted the Word from above without resistance. In my experience, an earnest Catholic or Protestant whose knowledge is rooted in dogmatic theories is too much bound to dogma to accept and embrace divine revelations without resistance.

Still, there are scientists at several faculties who earnestly discuss these divine teachings with increasing interest. Their interest not only concerns the irrefutable explanation of the origin of matter and the possibility of its dissolution, but also the principle of the wrong teachings of different religions, systems and confessions. In the messages I received, these errors are recorded and everyone is urged to give instructions concerning these doctrinal errors whenever there is an opportunity. But everyone is free to take the Lord's Word to heart or not. But whoever understands the spirit in the Father's Word and does not act accordingly increases the distance between himself and the Father even more. When he does not follow the warning Words of love he puts himself inevitably under the law. He will also, in the same measure, lack in grace by disregarding God's commandment of love.

In God's grace people are led anew to the Gospel, which emphatically points out the purpose of man's being. For the merciful love of God seeks to save all who still can be saved before the turning point comes. And it will come. The end-time which seers and prophets have proclaimed is now here. According to the revelations given to me, the Lord does not differentiate between His children. ‘Come ye all to Me’ sounds His call and blessed is he who hears His call and follows Him. God loves His children. He wants to make them all happy, even when they do not want to know Him.

Recorded November 22, 1953

Bertha Dudde

Bertha Dudde was permitted to leave her earthly shell on September 18, 1965 to return to the Father’s heavenly house.

Table of Contents

6965 - Exhortation to evaluate God's gift of grace....

Vineyard work - reminders and warnings

0919 - Reminder to proclaim God’s word everywhere.... good shepherd....

1523 - ?resNotTranslated?

2256 - ?resNotTranslated?

2265 - ?resNotTranslated?

2266 - ?resNotTranslated?

2855 - ?resNotTranslated?

2880 - Reminder to inform people of the battle of faith....

3231 - Exhortation to work for the kingdom of God....

3267 - Admonition to workers in the vineyard....

3268 - Task of the knower.... work for the kingdom of God....

3337 - Exhortation to work for the kingdom of God....

3713 - Admonition to work for God.... Catastrophe....

3931 - Exhortation to work diligently for the kingdom of God....

4002 - Exhortation to spiritual work....

4116 - The destruction of the old earth.... Experience in the flesh.... Warning....

4145 - Admonition of God to His servants....

4323 - Unusual spiritual experience.... reminder....

4377 - Serious reminder.... (Silencing of the voice?)....

4378 - Inner voice difficult to hear.... Turmoil - silence....

4476 - Exhortation to work for God and His kingdom....

4509 - Exhortation to workers in the vineyard of the lord....

4584 - Earnest exhortation to faithful work in the vineyard of the lord....

4637 - Blessed activity for the kingdom of God.... exhortation to busy activity....

4742 - Reminder to work diligently for the kingdom of God....

4857 - Directive to take action.... Final admonitions before the end....

4904 - Admonition to stand firm in faith....

5022 - Exhortation to vineyard work.... spreading the gospel....

5246 - Urgent reminder to vineyard work....

5652 - Serious reminder to vineyard work....

5808 - Duty of distribution.... Warning of unfamiliar knowledge....

6066 - Exhortation to workers in the vineyard.... success in the hereafter....

6263 - Exhortation to diligent vineyard work....

6425 - Warning against rash action and speech....

6505 - Serious admonition from God to His servants.... World affairs....

6630 - Exhortation to undaunted vineyard work....

6659 - Renewed reminder to vineyard workers....

6764 - Urgent exhortation to spread the word of God....

6779 - Reminder not to slacken in vineyard work....

7599 - Admonition for all vineyard labourers ....

7620 - Exhortation to work in the vineyard....

8136 - Exhortation to resist in the last days....

5173 - Faithless humanity.... The end is near....

3238 - Exhortations.... (John 14.) dwelling in the heart....

Exhortation to evaluate God's gift of grace ....

B.D. 6965 from November 10th 1957, taken from Book No. 74

If you have the grace to be addressed by Me then open your ears and heart to My words, let them penetrate and work within you, and then you will evaluate a gift in the right way and experience the greatest blessing from it. You just have to give up all inner resistance, you have to free yourselves from prejudices, you have to willingly allow My voice to touch you and then you will also recognize by whom you have been addressed. But every resistance makes you unable to recognize this. Faith is not demanded beforehand but only the abandonment of all resistance. But faith will then come because you will feel the effect of My address. And this is all I want to achieve, that you give Me the opportunity to address you. For I do not force you, it must be your completely free will to listen to Me or to listen to the one who brings you My word as My mediator. I speak to you through a human being but it is not his words which you hear, instead you hear Me Myself .... but only if you don't oppose him, if you listen to his words without defending yourselves. All of you humans cannot yet grasp the love which prompts Me to speak to you .... And you don't want to believe that My direct address can touch your ear .... You cannot imagine that your God and creator seeks contact with His creatures .... You consider this God of yours to be far away, and you are also very distant from Him as far as your spiritual state is concerned .... But I try to reduce this distance by addressing you and telling you that you must approach Me yourselves, that your will determines how great the distance between us is. You must try to reduce the great distance yourselves, but I help you and also give you the means which you only need to use in order to approach Me again. You have distanced yourselves from Me but I am always willing to accept you again, and I show you My willingness by speaking to you even though you turned away from Me of your own free will. And you can hear Me .... I offer you an unusual gift of grace because the end is near, because you all only have a short time left to cover the path of return to Me, and because you therefore have to hurry so that the end will not surprise you at an even greater distance from Me. People have always been able to hear My voice but in the end time it will come through louder because the noise of the world has also become unusually loud and can easily drown out My voice. And therefore you humans will also be unusually addressed by Me revealing Myself to individual people and instructing them to take care of the spreading of My revelations. For everything shall be tried to touch people's hearts, for what the ear alone hears has no effect on the human being's will, who must seek close unity with Me in order to still be able to fulfil his earthly task in the short time until the end. Obvious help has to be given to people, for they are all weak in faith .... They are unable to recognize Me Myself and their close relationship with Me, they only see the world and consider their earthly life an end in itself, they walk along unaware of their actual earthly task and leave this earth without any spiritual success. But I want them to attain life in this short earthly lifetime, that they gain faith in Me and know their actual purpose. And therefore I reveal Myself again and again and convey this knowledge to them .... And if they only let Me speak to them once they will also feel in their hearts that I love them and only want to help them to live .... But anyone who rejects My servants also rejects Me Myself, for these servants do not speak but I speak through them. But anyone who listens to them also knows that he will attain life, for at the same time as he receives My word he will also receive the strength to be able to accomplish a change in his life .... He will turn towards Me, he will strive to come closer to Me and I will draw him as soon as his gaze is turned towards Me. And then the way back to Me will also be assured, the vast distance will become ever smaller, he will intimately join Me .... He has found his way home to the father and will now remain with Him forever ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Vineyard work - reminders and warnings

Reminder to proclaim God’s word everywhere .... good shepherd ....

B.D. 0919 from May 17th 1939, taken from Book No. 18

To be allowed to gain insight into the kingdom of eternity is an incomparable grace and will only be granted to those who have seriously set themselves the aim of unification with God. For this reason, however, a special task is also given to those people, and it is their mission to deepen or change .... Precisely the person, who thinks he knows, often has the least knowledge of things that lie in spiritual regions, and teaching those people is without a doubt particularly necessary, for the spiritual night still encloses those who believe themselves to be in knowledge. Sometimes there is no lack of will, for the earthly struggle is a good teacher for them at the same time, and thoughtfully they observe the events of the time near and far .... But in the hustle and bustle of the world they look for their explanation and are very poorly and rarely connected with God, without rejecting Him. And this is a grateful field of work for the chosen servants of God. What obviously comes to light must give rise to serious reflection, and a field of activity offers itself to the representative of divine teaching who is willing to work. However, people seldom recognize a supersensible power, and therefore many different suppositions are open to debate. But not one can give sufficient explanation, and in the end the working of the eternal deity will be apparent to them, and all doubt will fall where light is seriously desired. Thus the state of the soul is extreme distress and it is therefore grateful for every help. Innumerable possibilities remain unused and could still lead to success, however the human being should be constantly active, who has the task to impart what he receives himself. There are still enough opportunities to inform people of their actual task, yet the time can also come when everyone will have to rely on himself and it will be difficult to help the individual on the part of human .... You should enter every open door and proclaim the word of God, because it is urgently necessary. Likewise you should mention the coming time which will have a frightening effect on everyone who does not stand firm in faith. And so hear the voice of the lord:

Many of My sheep still wander and do not find their shepherd .... they all go astray and get lost in the undergrowth and are in danger of falling off the cliffs they climb in their inexperience and recklessness. And the distress of all the sheep goes to My heart. I call, but they do not hear My voice, and I fear for every single life, lest they lose it forever. Sin has entered the world and is the death of every man .... And if I promise life to all those who follow Me, then I will take sin upon Myself and save them from eternal death, yet My sheep must follow Me and recognize their shepherd in Me. And I will faithfully guide them over all bumps in the road, I will prevent one of My sheep from getting lost, for I know them all and am concerned about every single life. And if they recognize their good shepherd in Me they will follow Me and willingly let themselves be guided by Me ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

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2256 - ?resNotTranslated?

2265 - ?resNotTranslated?

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Reminder to inform people of the battle of faith ....

B.D. 2880 from September 13th 1943, taken from Book No. 37

There will be a great desire for spiritual nourishment as soon as the earth’s upheaval has taken place but it will merely be temporary; motivated by the serious hardship people are at first willing recipients and God’s Word shall provide them with comfort and strength. They will certainly recognise it as the Word of God, they will be faithful, but only for a short period of time. Because the world and its demands become more important again and they forget their hardship, thus they also forget Him Who allowed this hardship to happen. Their thoughts and aspirations only seek to re-establish the old life-style and they find it inconvenient to observe the commandments presented to them by the Word of God. Consequently people agree with the actions against the faith and its followers and only a small group will hold on to the Word; only a few people will stand firm against all confrontations and remain loyal to God and the faith. And yet the earlier desire shall be fulfilled to the utmost extent; God’s Word shall be offered to human beings wherever possible so that many people will receive knowledge of it, since during the subsequent battle of faith everyone will once again be divinely reminded of it. The believers will be full of strength and accomplish extraordinary deeds, and find the strength for this entirely in their profound faith ....

And even disbelievers will be able to recognise the power of faith because they had been introduced to the teachings of Christ beforehand and much becomes clear to them as they witness the proof of what they had been told. God leaves no option unused, He leaves no stone unturned, and wherever people can yet be helped He will help them, providing they are willing. And God will instruct many servants to speak in accordance with His will where it concerns the spreading of His teachings and to inform people of the forthcoming event. The battle of faith is unavoidable and will be conducted as never before. And the stronger people adhere to their faith the more brutal the adversary will proceed to annihilate it completely. But the believers have great strength too and can endure much, because God Himself will give them strength, because He strengthens them with His Word and because He will always be with those who defend Him and the faith before the world. You should tell people of this in advance, you should inform them of the coming battle of faith, you should tell them about the strength of faith and the strength of the believers whose leader in the battle against the world is Jesus Christ Himself .... And many from the opponent’s side will join, many will become faithful in view of the things which take place .... For God Himself will work through His servants on earth in order to save what will not entirely oppose Him ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Exhortation to work for the kingdom of God ....

B.D. 3231 from August 24th 1944, taken from Book No. 42

You should preach love and always point people to Me, Who am love Itself. Then you will fulfil your mission on earth and be true instruments for Me who represent My teaching in faith in Me. Again and again you should point out to people that they inevitably have to strive towards Me if they want to fulfil their purpose of earthly life. You should try to make them understand the worthlessness of that which holds their physical senses captive, and you should announce to them the near end which they have to fear if they don't change to love but remain in worldly love. For this will bring them spiritual death. I instruct My servants on earth to constantly warn and admonish them because I want to help people who still live blindly through earthly life. And My servants now speak instead of Me .... and anyone who hears them hears Me, but anyone who rejects them also rejects Me. But it is up to their will and I do not force them to listen to Me. But I call out to you: Do not tire in your wooing, for it is bitterly necessary that people hear you. Talk constantly about the love they lack; explain to them that this lack of love causes great suffering for humanity and that they therefore cause it themselves .... and point out to them that everything which is contrary to My commandments is unkindness. Even an injustice suffered does not entitle a person to do wrong again, i.e. to repay like with like .... If a person commits an injustice, then the other person must not take this as an example, but he should contribute to the injustice being remedied, and he can only do this through love .... It is important that people are informed of the fact that even unkind thinking or agreeing with unkind actions of others is a lack of love which endangers their souls and at the same time also influences their earthly life unfavourably, for where love is not there I cannot be either, and where I am not there is adversity and darkness, bodily and spiritual. And pay no attention to the speeches of those who do not acknowledge you, give them what you possess and leave it up to them what they want to accept from it. But distribute your gifts with love, for My love gave them to you and love should motivate you to pass them on. Even if your love is not acknowledged, be patient and bear in mind that a strong opposing power fights with you and makes use of people who still cling to the world and have little capacity for love. Yet know that I Myself am also constantly active with them, that I direct their fate in life and leave no means untried in order to help them to seek and find Me. And therefore don't tire in your work for My kingdom, and take every opportunity where you can preach love and announce the near end to your fellow human beings, for your cooperation is necessary and I will bless it to you .... I will lead you to those who need your help, to whom you should be active by preaching love to them, because without love no-one can become blissfully happy ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Admonition to workers in the vineyard ....

B.D. 3267 from September 24th 1944, taken from Book No. 42

And everyone who is willing to serve Me will be accepted as a labourer in My vineyard .... But great work still lies ahead of you. People no longer recognize the school of the spirit which earth is meant to be for them, and therefore you should take them into your training, you should inform them of their earthly task before the end, you should make it clear to them that they have to fulfil their purpose on earth and that otherwise they will have to face bitter consequences; you should lovingly admonish them to seriously consider their souls, to take their earthly task seriously and to make good use of the time they still have; you should encourage them to work with love and make this the most important thing for them and constantly mention My love which tries everything to win your souls for the spiritual kingdom. And so if you are diligently active for Me I will not withhold the blessing from you which lies in every good work .... I will give you strength to speak in My name, I will guide you towards those who need your help, I will impart wisdom to you which will make you capable of working in My vineyard, and I will protect you against all dangers of body and soul. For I need you as My servants on earth .... A time is coming when ever less of My word will be heeded, when faith in Me and My word will become ever weaker, when the world will increasingly come to the fore and all spiritual striving will be successfully suppressed because people themselves are lukewarm and sluggish and in their weakness of will allow themselves to be determined by the forces which want to displace Me. And only a few carry Me in their hearts, and therefore only a few are willing to stand up for Me before the world, to want to transfer their faith to their fellow human beings and thus to fight for Me and My teaching .... And I remember these few with all love, and I will bless their activity on earth. For they are the ones through whom I can now work Myself so that My word will find entry amongst people, they are the ones who are now active for Me, whose will I can direct because they have voluntarily subordinated it to Me .... And I constantly feed these few with My word, I prepare them to be My workers so that they can then also successfully carry out their work. I guide their thoughts correctly, I put the right words into their mouths and constantly give them strength so that they will persevere until I Myself come at the time of harvest. And anyone who thus wants to serve Me will be accepted to work for My spiritual kingdom, because this work is the only important one in the coming time. Do not worry and ask yourselves which work you should put first, but do what I tell you to do .... work for Me and My kingdom .... Leave the earth and its demands unnoticed, for time is pressing and every day is to be used because the end is near .... And therefore let yourselves be guided and don't resist Me but act where your heart urges you to. For it is My voice which the heart makes known to you. Do not become lukewarm and sluggish but remain eager in My service, and work while it is still day, for soon the night will come for many .... And so that you may still win souls and save them from this night, you should be eagerly active for Me and My kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Task of the knower .... work for the kingdom of God ....

B.D. 3268 from September 25th 1944, taken from Book No. 42

Anyone who is in knowledge understandably has greater tasks to fulfil on earth, for he is in grace, i.e., every person is indeed called to be in grace, yet anyone who does not allow it to take effect in him is also still in a lower degree of maturity of the soul, and thus he cannot give, he cannot be active and thus cannot work for the spiritual kingdom. This task, however, is incumbent upon the human being who, through his will, has allowed God's grace to take effect in him and has attained realization .... He can now work according to God's will because he knows about it .... And thus he can work for the kingdom of God. This is the most beautiful task that can be given to a human being, for it alone brings success that has eternal value. It is an activity which does not end with the death of the body but will also continue in the beyond and which is extremely important for the still ignorant souls. Thus the human being has received a gift of grace which enables him to work with it, and as soon as he possesses this ability he must also make use of it, otherwise God's gift would remain idle and this would be a disregard for those for whom the human being would have to answer. However, the person who is in knowledge will also gladly and joyfully carry out his task, for he is urged to do so from within .... he is happy about it himself, and his happiness makes him communicative .... he is eager to give and therefore also willing to give. A person who only uses the spiritual knowledge he has gained, the visible sign of God's active grace, for himself alone, who therefore does not feel the need to give it to other people and thus to spread it, is not yet permeated by it himself, thus he does not yet possess the spiritual knowledge as mental property but is merely a listener of it and consequently does not yet have the right knowledge .... he has only accepted it from a fellow human being's hand, to a certain extent as a listener, but without the truly profound will to draw deepest wisdom from it himself, and thus it does not make him happy to the extent that he is inwardly urged to pass it on. Then his degree of maturity is not yet so high that he can receive divine wisdom himself, and thus he cannot work for the kingdom of God until he has matured so far that he recognizes the necessity of working for God and His kingdom. Then it also begins to become bright and light in him and he now rejoices in his activity which is meant for the soul of his fellow human being. And then he has to be restlessly active, he has to use every day for spiritual work, he has to take his task seriously, for it is also important to guide fellow human beings into knowledge, and this requires restless activity, patience and perseverance. His work will spread far and wide again, it will not rest, for anyone who has recognized the meaning and purpose of life, the love, wisdom and omnipotence of the creator, anyone who knows the significance of the act of salvation and the eternal plan of salvation of the divine creator and father of eternity, anyone who has thus become knowledgeable, will not keep his knowledge but radiate it again, he wants to give it away because the spreading of truth makes him happy. And this is his task, which he should and will take seriously once he is seized by God's grace, once he has become knowledgeable himself through divine grace and knows about the great hardship of those who still live in complete spiritual night and cannot save themselves from it alone. Then the knowing person's willingness to help comes to light, he is active in enlightenment and promotes the kingdom of God, he leads souls to Him who allow themselves to be permeated by God's grace and who are willing for it to become effective in them as well. And therefore he who is in knowledge will be restlessly active in the vineyard of the lord, he will advertise and work without ceasing, he will teach and preach love in order to lead people onto the right path, onto the path of knowledge through God's grace ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Exhortation to work for the kingdom of God ....

B.D. 3337 from November 20th 1944, taken from Book No. 43

You should never tire of working for My kingdom, for time is pressing and much work shall still be done before the end comes. And you shall be active supports for Me on earth, you shall prepare the ground for Me and not leave any opportunity unused where you can supply the field with good seed. Thus you should speak wherever you find an open ear .... For My sheep are also in great distress because they are no longer able to recognize Me in the hustle and bustle of the world, in the chaos, misery and affliction. And I will make Myself known to them, I will bring Myself close to them, and you shall be the mediators. You must not be afraid to speak of My working so that they will also receive information about how I consider My own if they join Me and enter into contact with Me. They shall be strengthened in their faith, they shall lose all doubt about My love and justice, they shall always and everywhere recognize My hand in every event, and they shall know that nothing can happen without My will, that therefore even evil is permitted by Me because I associate it with a purpose which is beneficial for the soul if the wrong human will accomplishes something which contradicts My commandments. You shall enlighten people about their purpose of earthly life, about their task on earth, about their wrong way of life and its consequences. You shall reproach them with what I have to say to them, for I make use of you because they would not be able to bear it if I spoke to them Myself. You shall admonish and warn those who act against My will, and you shall strengthen and comfort those who want to belong to Me and threaten to become weak in the adversity of the time. I reveal Myself to you in order to restore people's faith that I dwell amongst them, in order to remind them of My promises which will truly come true because My word has to come true .... Yet even My own become weak and fickle and seek Me in the distance, Who is close to them. And therefore I bring you together with them so that they hear My voice through you, so that I can also speak to them and they hear Me, so that they recognize in Me their father Who loves His children, so that they see the good shepherd in Me Who does not leave His sheep without care .... And so you shall influence all according to their will, their state of maturity and their love .... You shall always and everywhere proclaim My word which you receive from Me, which demonstrates My love for you and testifies to My omnipotence and wisdom. You shall speak in My stead, for they need My word which I now want to convey to them through you. And if you give in to your heart's urging, if you speak where you feel compelled, if you don't shy away from openly informing them of My working, you will be successful, for My blessing rests on you and your work .... You will not preach to deaf ears but people will listen to you and take the words to heart .... and help will be brought to the souls in their spiritual hardship ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Admonition to work for God .... Catastrophe ....

B.D. 3713 from March 14th 1946, taken from Book No. 47

You will clearly and perceptively hear the inner voice which will call you to work for My kingdom when the hour of your action for Me has come. Then you should not hesitate but follow the voice and let Me take you to those whom you are to teach in My name. The immense adversity will be the best spokesman on My behalf, for it will, if only temporarily, open hearts for Me and you will be listened to more readily than ever before. People were left without inner resistance by the previous huge natural event which had deprived them of everything that was dear to them. The task you must diligently comply with in order to first provide spiritual help for your fellow human beings is to explain to them the immense adversity by portraying it as My final means of help in order to prevent their souls' total descent. In an earthly way I will guide your thoughts such that you will be able to ease the physical hardship as well and will give to everyone according to his faith. Therefore, you should try to awaken or strengthen your fellow human beings' faith in Me, in My love and omnipotence, so that they can partake in the blessings of a strong faith and be helped with their earthly hardship. For One can and always will help .... you must just believe in Him .... And where earthly strength fails My strength will set in if this is My will, and with My strength you can cope with all situations in life and with My help will also be led through the forthcoming harsh conditions. And thus you, My servants on earth, must purely concentrate on your teaching ministry, on your spiritual activity, on your fellow human beings' souls which are in urgent need of help. You must try to direct their will towards Me by proclaiming Me as a God of love to Whom they must turn in order to receive the strength of love from Him as well. People will suffer so much adversity that they will take hold of any life line, that they will therefore listen more willingly than ever and be grateful to find an explanation for the work of destruction which is facing the survivors and whose souls I still want to gain for Myself. Therefore, each one of you, My servants, should work within your circle, for you all will have ample opportunity to speak on My behalf and to mention My directly conveyed Word from heaven to earth. Make use of your time of activity, because you will find open hearts which are receptive for what you have to offer impelled by My spirit .... And I Myself will be able to work through you, I will be able to speak to people, and wherever merely the slightest will exists your labour will be successful, the souls will turn to Me which I Myself can then take care of according to their will and their faith. It will not be long until I will noticeably manifest Myself in the repeatedly announced natural disaster .... I will come suddenly and unexpectedly, for even if My Own take it into account every day .... they, too, will be taken by surprise when the first signs become apparent. Nevertheless, regardless of how distressing it will be, I recognise its urgent necessity and will not divert from it under any circumstances. And thus you must all prepare yourselves for it by accepting Me and My Word in your heart wherever and whenever possible so that you will have an abundance of strength when you are surrounded by great adversity and fear, so that you can grant comfort and strength to all who are close to you, who are led to you by My will so that you will proclaim My Word to them for their souls' salvation. Prepare yourselves for this mission, for it will require all your strength and will, yet if you possess firm faith yourselves, you will, fearlessly and without worry, be wise guides and advisors for your fellow human beings and for the benefit of everyone be able to work for Me and My kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Exhortation to work diligently for the kingdom of God ....

B.D. 3931 from December 8th 1946, taken from Book No. 49

Wherever the opportunity presents itself you should speak for Me and spread My word, for the adversity is great around you and you can only control it by directing your fellow human beings' thoughts towards Me .... I alone can remedy the earthly adversity, and I will also do so as soon as people themselves make an effort to remedy the spiritual adversity for the time being. They are at the end of the abyss and only their own will can pull them back from it, for they themselves must first want Me to assist them with My grace and strength, then My love will also be willing to help them even in the last hour. And therefore you must proclaim My teaching to them, you must inform them of My word so that they will know My will and, if they faithfully accept My word, also try to live it out. And their souls will be saved .... And if you now know how urgently necessary your work is for My kingdom, if you are willing to carry out this work in order to help your fellow human beings' souls, it will also be understandable to you that you, as being in My service, are well provided for, for every employer looks after his servants, and the more caring the more willing instruments they are to him. And thus I call to you again and again: Drop all earthly worries, only concern yourselves with your spiritual work, be eagerly active for Me and I will do everything else for you which you need for earthly life, I will smooth your earthly paths and lead you unharmed to the aim. Every day is precious, and every day you shall work for Me and My kingdom. Again and again people will get in your way who walk along without knowledge of their earthly task, again and again you will be able to convince yourselves of your fellow human beings' weak faith or complete unbelief, and again and again you will therefore be able to speak for Me, you will be able to testify to My great love and mercy .... which has made itself known to you through the transmission of My word. Everywhere you will have the opportunity to speak in My name and to give clarification, to correct misguided teachings and thus to spread the fullest truth, as is My will. How people adjust themselves is up to them, yet without the transmission of pure truth, without knowledge of My word, the path to Me is hidden from them, and you shall point them to the right path, you shall proclaim My teaching of love to them and urge them to change to love .... If they listen to these admonitions they will already be helped spiritually and physically, for as soon as they make an effort to live in love their earthly situation will also improve, because then I will no longer need such harsh means of education to help them once they have entered the path which leads to Me .... the path of love .... Admonish them to love and point them to Me and My earthly way of life, since I have exemplified a life of love to them and commanded them to live as My followers. Insistently present to them the blessing of a life of love and the great danger of their spiritual downfall if they don't observe My commandment of love, and announce to them the near end .... and thus the urgency of a change to love .... And you will be industrious labourers in My vineyard and can be sure of every support on My part. You yourselves need not worry about your earthly fate, as it is good for you I will guide you and the assurance of My protection can truly be your guarantee for a carefree existence if only you have firm, unshakable faith. But whom I have hired as a labourer, his faith will also attain the strength which is necessary for his ministry on earth .... I will not leave you in adversity of body and soul who want to serve Me, and My strength will flow through you if you dedicate yourselves to My name .... And therefore don't fear and tremble, don't be afraid of earthly burdens but lift your eyes and hearts to Me, Who blesses you on earth, because your love for Me and your neighbour impels you to be active for Me ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Exhortation to spiritual work ....

B.D. 4002 from March 19th 1947, taken from Book No. 49

You must be fully committed if you want to serve Me on earth. And this means that you should devote yourselves completely to your task, that you should use every opportunity and work for Me because it is necessary. Only spiritual work retains its value, only spiritual striving has eternal success, whereas all earthly activity is void with the moment of departure from earth. Earthly duties shall indeed be fulfilled but spiritual activity shall be placed before everything and accomplished first, otherwise earthly work will not be blessed either. And therefore My servants on earth will always receive help from above if they need it for the purpose of fulfilling spiritual and earthly tasks, and My servants can walk their earthly path carefree because I smooth out every uneven path where they are to walk; and if I give you this promise you can truly believe that your path will always be passable because I Myself walk with you wherever you direct your steps. But you must always lift your eyes to Me, you must not turn away from the world and withdraw from My guiding fatherly hand, for then you will easily get onto side paths which lead back to the world, and then you will hardly be able to accomplish the work for My kingdom. But you are necessary in the coming time, your task is of great urgency, it is important and cannot be postponed, and therefore I admonish you again and again to be eagerly active, and I will never stop admonishing you so that you will hear My voice again and again and comply with what I tell you to do. Your life will pass quickly, therefore don't pay much attention to it, but the soul shall be cared for for eternity, and therefore you must think of it far more and therefore be spiritually exceedingly active, even if the body is thereby disadvantaged. If you seek Me at all times you will always win, if you seek the world you will lose. But the world offers you no compensation for what you lose, yet what I offer you is precious and cannot be replaced by anything. And hold on to it and don't let it be taken away from you by not resisting the temptations .... Remain spiritually active and the tempter will not approach you, for the former ensures your connection with Me, which protects you from every danger of the soul, which makes you strong and able to do any work and thus to be successful labourers in My vineyard ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

The destruction of the old earth .... Experience in the flesh .... Warning ....

B.D. 4116 from September 5th 1947, taken from Book No. 50

I told you that you will witness the destruction of the old earth while still in the flesh and I say it again so that you will believe it. Your faith is weak, and inwardly you refuse to accept the fact that you live in the last days. But My spirit repeatedly tells you that the time of the end is close at hand .... Why don't you want to believe this? Since, on the other hand, you cannot deny the truth of My revelations? And why do you hope for and expect progress, an improvement of earthly conditions? Why does the thought of an end in combination with a total destruction of the old earth seem unbelievable and unacceptable to you? Because you would gladly continue to live, because you are not yet prepared and do not sufficiently contemplate My Word, which very clearly explains to you the necessity of a total transformation of the old earth and will guide you into profound faith if you, with your will towards Me, absorb and accept every Word as coming from heaven and live accordingly ....

Even you, who should spread My Word, allow yourselves to be troubled by doubt, and therefore do not represent My Word convincingly enough, you allow yourselves to be undermined by objections to the contrary. Your faith is not strong enough, in spite of your good will to serve Me. The reality of life affects you and you find it impossible to reconcile it with the human being's spiritual destiny. Consequently you don't support My revelations about the forthcoming time diligently enough. You do not take My Word seriously enough yourselves, hence I always have to give you the same urgent warning of the approaching end again .... You will experience it while you are still in the flesh .... Does that not tell you enough? Do you know what age you will reach? Could it be that you will only live a short time? Only I know which day will be the last and I will keep it a secret, but I will tell you that it is not far away and that you will serve Me until the end .... Consequently you will have to experience the day and should believe it!

You will be good labourers for Me because a convinced faith also lets you speak convincingly. I need servants like you on earth who will strongly urge and vividly describe to people the need for My working on earth and the spiritual hardship humanity will experience if it does not receive help. You receive My Word and are therefore already advanced in knowledge .... and yet you do not want to believe although you will not reject or oppose it ....

For this reason I speak to you all the more insistently, because profound faith is necessary if your words are to make an impact on your fellow human beings. When you yourselves are convinced that what you hear through the voice of the spirit is the absolute truth, then you are true representatives of My Word on earth, and then you lend Me your mouth so that I can speak through it Myself. Your task during the approaching time is to be My mouthpiece because I cannot reveal Myself to people in any other way, but it is absolutely necessary that they should hear Me Myself, although they are not always able to recognise My voice. The extreme difficulties of the last days will come upon people with such severity that they would have to despair without My help, without My Word. But if I speak to them Myself they will be strong and able to resist even the greatest adversity because My Words will have given them strength. Hence you should render your services, because people have to be influenced without force, and because I Myself will always be present when you, as mediators, engage people in spiritual conversations and thus establish the connection between Me and the people who are to be instructed, who urgently need My Word if they want to endure until the end. And the end is coming soon .... I call to you time and time again; you should believe My Words and with complete trust approach the future, which will unfold as I told you well in advance in Word and Scripture ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Admonition of God to His servants ....

B.D. 4145 from October 16th 1947, taken from Book No. 50

Remain faithful to Me, open your hearts to Me and let Me enter, let Me work in you, whom I have chosen to cooperate with Me, so that My working can indeed appear but is concealed from people in dark spiritual night, because bright light would blind them and could only have an effect to the detriment of their souls. I need you to help Me and therefore I must prepare you such that you will be suitable instruments for Me in the time to come, which will be extraordinarily difficult for the whole of humanity but bearable for you because I am with you and smooth your path of life so that you can travel it safely until the end. I constantly want to make you happy with My word, I want to speak loving father words to you, I want to give you comfort in hours of adversity which also cannot pass you by because it will be one anxious experience after the other. I want to strengthen you and spur you on to tireless work for Me and My kingdom, I want to loosen your tongues, put your thinking in order, and I want to work in you through My spirit and give you brightest light, clearest realisation and profoundest knowledge, I want to kindle your hearts into a great flame of love so that you will take care of your fellow human beings who live in great spiritual distress and need your help. Let Me constantly stay with you, call Me so that I can come to you, and familiarise yourselves with My word, for it is a source of strength, a refreshment and nourishment for the soul, and remain intimately united with Me in prayer, then you will never need to fear falling into a weak state and be masters of every situation in life. I only require one thing from you, that you make My will your own, that you do not resist Me but only keep My commandments .... love Me above all else and your neighbour as yourselves .... But consider what these commandments demand .... and then fulfil them, and you will be assured of My constant blessing, My love and grace, and you will remain faithful to Me and persevere until the end, and you will be willing servants through whom I Myself can work where My working is required ....

Amen

Translation handled by Christian Taffertshofer

Unusual spiritual experience .... reminder ....

B.D. 4323 from June 6th 1948, taken from Book No. 51

The great spiritual experience should make you think and give you the certainty that I Myself take care of you, that I want to win you and that I therefore intervene in your life in an obvious way. You should always bear in mind that you experience something unusual, that you are in direct contact with the kingdom where you seek Me if you believe in Me, and that you will be taught from there in an unusual way. Furthermore, you should consider that you receive answers to questions which move you, that I Myself, your God and father of eternity, speak to you, that you therefore have the most valuable thing to offer .... to be able to speak with the greatest spirit of infinity and to be granted the grace of an answer by Him, and that all this takes place in deepest love for you .... You are in such a great experience that you cannot be grateful enough for My love for you, for you have something rare and precious to offer that is denied to your fellow human beings .... Appreciate this gift, remain aware of the great grace, don't take it for granted but often immerse yourselves in the unusual and don't let it become an everyday occurrence. Consider what knowledge has already been imparted to you, consider what light has been kindled in you, what spiritual wealth you may call your own and with what clarity the deepest problems are solved, furthermore, consider that no human being could ever impart such knowledge to you and that no human being without study can ever have such extensive knowledge at his disposal as you have gained through the constant instructions from above which My love has offered you. And if you seriously bear this in mind you must look up to Me full of love and reverence, you must be and remain deeply humble and come to Me like children in profound gratitude and do everything I ask of you .... You can already be blessed on earth that you are in this grace, that My love has chosen you to be co-workers on earth. And therefore you should place yourselves entirely at My disposal and do what I require of you; you should serve Me by spreading the pure truth which you receive from Me in such an unusual way .... you shall endeavour to fulfil My will and diligently cooperate, i.e. take care of the spreading of My word as and where it is possible for you. For again and again I tell you that I need you in the last time before the end, and therefore again and again I will help you and direct your thoughts towards the extraordinary events happening to you. And I will not let up because I don't want to lose you once you have been active for Me, I will speak to you again and again until you are aware of the fact that your God and father, your creator of eternity, needs you and therefore comes to you Himself in the word .... until you fully submit yourselves to His will and are active for Me because you recognize My love for you and My gift of grace and no longer want to lose it ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Serious reminder .... (Silencing of the voice?) ....

B.D. 4377 from July 16th 1948, taken from Book No. 51

A serious reminder is coming to you from above before the turmoil begins which will rob you of all calm deliberation. Get ready, the day is drawing to a close .... Take these words of Mine seriously, don't pass them by lukewarmly and indifferently but regard them as a final indication of My imminent intervention. And prepare yourselves in all earnestness for the fact that you are approaching an exciting time when My call will seem like a redemption to you, because you feel abandoned by Me, because you no longer hear My word from above. I draw your attention to this time and therefore speak to you once again urgently that you should familiarize yourselves with the thought that a complete change of your situation in life is inevitable and that you will experience great adversity, but that this has to happen before I Myself appear. But then be steadfast and only remain turned towards Me in your heart, call out to Me, and if I don't hear you, call out louder .... I want your call to reach Me, but I want to be called upon in the heart and pay no attention to what only the mouth speaks. You will not hear Me for a long time because you are unable to listen to My voice within yourselves, yet I am always with you and always ready to help. Therefore your prayer should be heartfelt and trusting in My help, and I will hear you and reveal Myself so that you will have strong faith and endure the earthly adversity.

(16.7.1948) I will give you proof that this will happen, which will convince you. I will reveal Myself to each of you, My servants, in the same way so that you can no longer doubt the truth of My words. You shall hear My voice at the same time which will once again remind you of My words. But I want to strengthen your faith and you shall pass every test of faith; therefore I work on you extraordinarily, even though you do not yet possess the maturity of soul which allows the extraordinary to appear. But it is coming to an end .... And I need you, but you shall stand firm even in the most difficult time, and you shall constantly work for Me and draw strength for it from Me if you can no longer receive it in the form of My word. For at times you will lack every opportunity to withdraw into silence in order to hear My voice which mentally touches you. But the sounding word can sound everywhere and at any time, and therefore you should especially strive for it, and your longing for it shall be awakened when you no longer mentally hear Me. Yet believe that I am nevertheless close to you and know about your desire .... and also meet it as it is beneficial for your soul. But a time will come when you, who have penetrated spiritual knowledge, will also have to pass tests of faith, when you will have to acquire the gift of grace you have received, when I will seemingly withdraw from you but you will force Me to you through firm faith, when I will let Myself be found by the one who earnestly seeks to win Me .... And therefore you should call louder if I don't answer your soft call, for thereby you prove your faith in Me that you don't cease to call when I supposedly don't hear. I open the door to the persistent caller and let him in and he will receive what he desires from Me ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Inner voice difficult to hear .... Turmoil - silence ....

B.D. 4378 from July 17th 1948, taken from Book No. 51

You will always hear My voice if you hand yourselves over to Me and, with a desire to hear My Word, attentively listen within. I have always given you this assurance and will never withhold with My gift of grace if you sincerely desire it. Yet as long as My voice is not audibly heard by you but only affects you mentally and thus requires full attention and seclusion from the world it will depend on yourselves as to whether you will hear it. This is why I draw your attention to the forthcoming time which will make such great demands on you that only the strongest resolve will be able to manage to withdraw itself and listen to My voice in seclusion. The adversity of the forthcoming time will often deprive you of your inner tranquillity, even though I will help every labourer to fulfil his task if he is willing to serve. I Am always close to you and if you, despite utmost distress, stay aware of My presence, you will always hear My voice too, for then your faith will be stronger than your earthly hardship, which you will banish anytime. Yet I want to draw your attention to the fact that you can expect considerable turmoil which will restrain your every thought with the effect that it will be difficult for you to make contact with Me .... But then read My Word, draw strength from My Word, and you will noticeably feel that I Am close to you ....

Keep trying to retreat within yourselves and, in seclusion, listen to the voice of your heart, and you will succeed if your will and your desire for Me is powerful. But first draw strength from My Word, use the time, don't become half-hearted and indifferent but believe that great danger lies in wait for you, that you will be shaken out of your worldly tranquillity and that a large world event is in the making. Always rely on My help and you will never call to Me in vain, for I will answer you who, as My children, call upon the Father in your time of need ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Exhortation to work for God and His kingdom ....

B.D. 4476 from November 4th 1948, taken from Book No. 52

Anyone who therefore serves Me by speaking for Me and My kingdom gives himself to Me so that I can speak through him and he will receive My blessing in return. I want to give him strength to work for Me, and thus he will also be successful, and people will listen to My words and process them in their hearts. Every soul which makes contact with Me through you, My servants, will be able to enjoy My love, it will feel My working as desire for truth and desire for Me, Who am the eternal truth Myself .... and it will be granted to it .... Promote Me and strive to bring light into the darkness which lies over the earth .... Carry My teaching of love into the world, instruct those who listen to you and enlighten them about My working and about the near end. Instruct them about their earthly task and admonish them to love, make My will known to them and urge them to fulfil it, and do good to all who get in your way. Set a good example so that you will win over your fellow human beings for My teaching, which preaches love and gives love, which originates from Me and leads to Me, and make yourselves My servants by passing on My teaching of love .... and you will earn My pleasure, I will give you the reward I have promised you, I will be your constant protector and companion and take care of you like a father, because you want to help Me guide the erring souls onto the right path and illuminate it with the light which originated from Me .... And your work will be blessed ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Exhortation to workers in the vineyard of the lord ....

B.D. 4509 from December 13th 1948, taken from Book No. 52

A large field of work will be assigned to you if you are to start working for Me and My kingdom, and you need not fear that you will not be able to cope with it, for depending on your ability you will be placed where you can work successfully. My call to you goes out in the clearest way so that you will no longer hesitate and joyfully serve Me. But so that you are capable of your work you must always draw on My strength, there must no longer be any separation between you and Me, the intimate relationship of a child with its father must be established so that you no longer fear the world but always know in Me a loving protector Who protects you from all adversity of the world, Who faithfully stands by your side and constantly supports you with advice and action. Only when you have established this relationship will you be fit for the service you are to render Me .... to openly and fearlessly confess Me before the world and to preach My teaching of love to your fellow human beings, to reproach them for the idleness of their lives and to proclaim My word .... You yourselves must be so fully convinced of what you say to your fellow human beings that your words ignite in the hearts of others, that they thus gain life and do not remain without impression on their fellow human beings. Countless souls are in need and waiting for help, and these are the people who have not yet completely surrendered to My adversary and yet cannot believe in a God of love, omnipotence and wisdom. To these you shall restore the living faith in Me through living language, through presenting My word from above, you shall inform them of My obvious working on you and of your mission which extends to your fellow human beings, so that they, too, feel cared for and willingly hand themselves over to Me as their creator and father of eternity, so that they establish the same relationship with Me as that of a child with its father .... Then they will be won for My kingdom, they will be won for eternity. And many you will meet on the path I lead you .... Many are in spiritual adversity and yet can still be saved if the truth is conveyed to them, if they hear words of love from Me through you to which they cannot and will not close their minds. It is a large field which you should cultivate, which you should cleanse of weeds and sow with good seed so that I will reap a rich harvest .... This work is your service for Me, to which I will soon call you and only ever admonish you to be diligent in your spiritual activity and to make use of every hour so that you will mature yourselves and be able to carry out your mission for the benefit of yourselves and your fellow human beings, for the time is hastening and the end is near ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Earnest exhortation to faithful work in the vineyard of the lord ....

B.D. 4584 from March 11th 1949, taken from Book No. 53

Don't let your spiritual activity hold you back, bear in mind that it is extremely important, that you have to fulfil a task which cannot be given to every person and therefore the few I have deemed suitable for it also have to be diligently active in view of the many souls in need of help in spiritual adversity. Notice how earthly things come first with people, how little time they find for a quiet contemplation within themselves, how rarely they touch upon spiritual things in conversation and how dismissive they also are towards spiritual debates. And you must recognize the spiritual low in which the souls stand. Then consider that you are all close to the end, what state the souls are in if they are to withstand the last great onslaught, if they are to decide for Me or for the earthly world .... consider which decision is safe .... The adversity is immense and shall still be controlled to the best of our will and ability. You can still persuade many souls to turn back if they are made aware of the truth, and I have chosen you for this work and admonish you again and again to be faithful labourers for Me and to make use of every opportunity to cultivate the field and spread good seed. Don't let yourselves be held back, serve Me first before you serve your fellow human beings, for I am truly an efficient lord and will not let your effort and work go unrewarded. Consider that earthly goods cannot replace what I have to offer you, and consider that you yourselves have more delicious goods to distribute than you can ever gain through earthly activity. Consider people's spiritual poverty and help them by distributing spiritual treasures, for they are truly in great need even though they live a regulated earthly life and can give the body what it desires. Cover their spiritual needs and you will truly have accomplished a work of neighbourly love which will be thanked and rewarded by those souls for all eternity. And don't let yourselves be captured by the world which wants to influence you with all its charms, which My adversary uses to make you unfit for the work for Me and My kingdom. Remain faithful to Me and serve Me, and I will always support you and be with you with My grace ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Blessed activity for the kingdom of God .... exhortation to busy activity ....

B.D. 4637 from May 13th 1949, taken from Book No. 53

Promote Me and My kingdom incessantly and don't let your failures discourage you. You yourselves must feel permeated by My strength and therefore always and constantly receive My word, and the strength flowing towards you will impel you into activity, you will have to speak wherever the opportunity presents itself to you, out of the fullness of your heart. Then you will also be suitable labourers for My vineyard, you will be active for Me and My kingdom, you will speak to your fellow human beings in My name and also direct their eyes into that kingdom from where richest blessings for their souls come. No earthly activity equals that activity, no earthly success can outweigh spiritual success, and no earthly work will be as blessed and meet My approval as the work for My kingdom. And thus you also know that you are not walking uselessly on earth if you apply yourselves to this activity, you also know that the most beautiful task has been assigned to you and that you only have to be diligently active if you want to gain My love and satisfaction. But it is by no means a condition for you, you will not be forced into this activity, otherwise it would lose its value and could not earn you a blessing for your soul. Inner joy and the desire to serve Me and your fellow human beings should drive you, and then the spiritual work will also make you happy and give you inner peace, even though, earthly speaking, it will bring you little advantage. But My kingdom is not of this world .... Always keep these words of Mine in mind and you will understand that spiritual work will never exist or be recognized before the world, that it has nothing in common with the world and its activity, that it has to be carried out quietly and diligently and yet will result in far greater success than any earthly activity. And therefore don't tire, don't become lukewarm and indifferent, consider the hardship which spiritual work requires and remain sprightly servants to Me who always fulfil My will and serve Me in diligent activity and whom I will therefore bless now and in eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Reminder to work diligently for the kingdom of God ....

B.D. 4742 from September 18th 1949, taken from Book No. 54

You should tirelessly work for Me and My kingdom .... then you will fulfil your earthly task in accordance with My will, and then you will also master your earthly life, you will not need to be afraid that you cannot meet your worldly responsibilities, for earthly life will merely be secondary when spiritual life becomes more important.

Work diligently for Me and My kingdom, that is, try to inform your fellow human beings about My activity with you, try to instruct them of the truth, and draw their attention to the end and the signs of the time .... Take an interest in your fellow human being's state of soul and explain to them how vain and insubstantial worldly goods are, how people merely strive for worthless commodities and give scarcely anything to their souls because they don't know about their earthly task. Tell everyone whom I send your way. You have been instructed of the truth by Me and thus are capable to work as representatives of the truth amongst your fellow human beings. I have given you a rewarding task which will have beneficial results for you as well as for your fellow human beings, for the achievements won't just apply to earthly life but to eternity .... Fulfil this task with enthusiasm and do everything that furthers the distribution of the truth you have received from Me. Don't become indifferent in your work for Me and My kingdom but know that parched and starving souls everywhere are awaiting nourishment, which you should give to them with My gift from above.

And by remembering them you will be practising neighbourly love, for their souls require the sustenance from heaven, they need food and drink to strengthen themselves for their path of ascent. Work tirelessly, for time is short and requires diligent work in My vineyard, the souls suffer hardship, they are starved because too much attention is paid to the body's requirements and thus the soul's requirements are forgotten. Therefore help these souls, draw people's attention to the state of their souls, to a sudden end and their fate after death. Use every opportunity for spiritual conversations and thus motivate people to think about it. And then you will be doing the work for which I have employed you as labourers, and I will bless you, now and in eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Directive to take action .... Final admonitions before the end ....

B.D. 4857 from March 12th 1950, taken from Book No. 55

You must be ready to work for Me at any time if you feel My directive for it in your heart. And you will very clearly feel what you should do and won't inwardly resist it because it will be your own inner urge to comply with My will. Although everything you are confronted with seems like a matter of course to you, it is nevertheless I Who is guiding you and instilling in you the feeling for your thoughts and actions, providing you are willing to serve Me and thus subordinate your will to Mine. Time flies by tremendously fast yet it will no longer result in a change of will; humanity keeps its face turned away from Me and towards material things, it continues to distance itself from Me increasingly more, it is seized by the opposing power and only a few can be stopped on the downward path, only a few will listen to the warning voice in the wilderness of their life .... For I will not leave people without warning so close to the end, I very often send people across their path who warn and admonish them, who point out the near end and beseech them to stop chasing after earthly possessions, who attempt to make them look up and announce the Judgment to them .... But who listens to them? Who still believes in a God to Whom they must answer, who still knows the actual purpose of earthly life, and who still believes in life after death? .... Their God is money, their purpose of life is material possession, and they think of death as a frightening, inevitable end of all life. And if they don't listen to My messengers, their wasted life and utterly wrong will cannot be portrayed to them either, making a change of thinking impossible. However, the only other available means than the proclamation of My Gospel consists of extreme adversity .... but an adversity which will be announced to them in advance by My messengers, so that they will learn to believe if they are willing. And for that purpose I require you, My servants on earth, now and especially in the forthcoming time, because the great adversity will soon be followed by the end; because you are to inform people that they can expect the last Judgment, even if they don't believe it .... Time and again they shall hear it until they pay attention to the signs of the time and take a near end into consideration, although they are not convinced of it. This is the task for which I have appointed you, so that you will speak wherever the opportunity presents itself, so that you will convey your knowledge to your fellow human beings, so that those of you who are informed of My plan of Salvation will attempt to announce to people the end of this earth period and explain to them that it is based on the spiritual low level. You must explain that to people since the time given to people for their redemption has come to an end, My love wants to start a new rescue mission .... and the soul of anyone who listens to you and takes your words to heart will emerge unharmed from all upheavals, it will be saved from the downfall on Judgment Day, because it will still grasp My lovingly extended hand just in time ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Admonition to stand firm in faith ....

B.D. 4904 from May 24th 1950, taken from Book No. 55

Everything you have to endure for My sake will be repaid to you. Therefore remain steadfast and always remember that the body can indeed be taken from you but not the soul; that the body can indeed be killed but the soul will not suffer death at the hands of its enemies. Remain steadfast in your faith in Me as the son of God and redeemer of the world, for they want to take this faith away from you, they will prevent the knowledge of Me and My act of salvation, they want to displace Me from people's thoughts and achieve this through brutal measures which are very suitable to make the weak believers waver. But then trust in Me, Who will help you in every earthly adversity and can also protect you against these measures if I deem it good. Strengthen your faith, let it become so firm that you stand above everything the world wants to do to you. Remember My words: I will repay you for everything you have to suffer for My sake .... If your faith is strong the measures of the earthly rulers will not affect you, they will not frighten you because you recognize your lord in Me Who protects His servants, because you see your father in Me Who lovingly cares for His children and protects them from the enemy of the soul. The world will badly oppress you on the impetus of it, yet you will be able to resist it if only you join Me, if you draw Me into the battle against the enemy, Who will truly fight by your side in order to gain victory over him for you. You must not be afraid of him and openly confess Me and My name, you must not remain silent, for you shall speak where they want to silence Me .... I need you to bear witness to Me when people are afraid to confess Me. Then you should loudly proclaim My working in and on you, then you should provide them with the evidence of what strength of faith is capable of, you should not fear for your life, which has no value if you sell your soul, but you should also be willing to surrender your life and exchange it for a far more glorious life in the spiritual kingdom. But you will only be called away where it is My will, for you will not be able to be harmed against My will. And therefore I call out to you: Hold out and remain steadfast until the end, believe in My promise that I will come in the greatest adversity in order to save you and fetch you away from the place of ruin, from the kingdom of the devils .... Expect Me and do not fear, for My word will be fulfilled when the time comes. And I will truly not let My own fall into the hands of My adversary. I will come to fetch them into a kingdom of peace, and blessed will be those who are strong and persevere until the end ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Exhortation to vineyard work .... spreading the gospel ....

B.D. 5022 from December 17th 1950, taken from Book No. 57

Spread the gospel and I will bless you. You should try to change the ignorance of what helps people to become blessed through your work in My vineyard and bring light to people; you should instruct them in My name, you should only proclaim the divine teaching of love to them and admonish them to live in accordance with this teaching. People have become right worldly people who only strive to create wealth for themselves and no longer think of their neighbour. But they don't know that selfish love means the death of their spirit; they don't know that the human being's purpose on earth is to bring his soul to maturity through serving neighbourly love, and they don't know that they don't fulfil their task in the slightest and therefore earthly life passes by unsuccessfully for the soul. If you now carry My gospel to people you will also acquaint them with their earthly task, and you will advice and admonish them to make use of their life for eternity. Then you will bring light into the darkness in which people are wandering. And this is necessary so that they cannot say they remained completely ignorant of their earthly task. You must speak to them as human being to human being because they have long since dismissed the church doctrine; you must explain to them that earthly life is a means to an end but not an end in itself; you must point out to them their duties towards Me Who, as their creator and father of eternity, also has rights over My children and to Whom they must submit if they acknowledge Me as their father. Present to them the right relationship they should have with Me, explain to them the reason for their human existence and My infinite love and patience to win My living creations for eternity. Present My love to them and admonish them to love Me in return, which they can only prove to Me through unselfish neighbourly love. Draw their attention to the hardship around them where they can and should intervene helpfully if they want to gain My pleasure .... then you are true proclaimers of My gospel on earth, then you are My true disciples who are restlessly active in My name, who continue what I have started on earth .... to show people the path of love which they absolutely have to take if they want to become blessed. I can only speak to them through people, and thus you shall serve Me by working on My behalf for souls which are not aware of their purpose of existence but which I do not want to let go astray but want to help them through you so that they gain knowledge of My gospel and live accordingly ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Urgent reminder to vineyard work ....

B.D. 5246 from October 29th 1951, taken from Book No. 58

The work for the spiritual kingdom must be done with increased strength, for it is approaching the end. Again and again I speak these words to you to spur you on to diligent activity, and yet you all don't know how close the end is. For the events are precipitating themselves and thus only a short period of time will be necessary where everything will take place which I have announced to you. You humans don't have much time left, then the earth will open up and devour everything that lives there. And the people who have not heeded My word, the people who are without faith, who indulge in worldly pleasures and belong to My adversary, they will become victims of the forces of nature along with all living creatures .... Consider, My servants on earth, the tragedy of these souls which are now banished again for an infinitely long time into new creations on earth, then your eagerness to work will increase, then you will also know how necessary your help is for the salvation of souls which are not yet completely corrupted and therefore still capable of changing their attitude. You still have to do a lot of work and you must not tire, for they are all My living creations which I still want to win over for Myself, which I still want to reshape into My children with due regard for free will, otherwise it would truly be easy for Me to change them according to My will.

Your work therefore becomes more urgent every day, for only through you is it possible to influence your fellow human beings. And with My word you have a means at your disposal with which you can also work successfully .... You, My servants on earth, have a mission to fulfil which is of utmost importance. You can bear witness to Me and My working on you, and thus you can be the reason for them to reflect on what they have heard and to try to establish a connection with Me. Everything has to be done which can change people's thinking, and since I cannot obviously influence people you have to do this work for Me and be active as My faithful servants in My vineyard. And you should not delay and postpone your work, for every day is significant, for with every day it gets closer to the end. Believe it or not, you will be surprised how soon the last signs will make themselves felt. Don't let time be a lost time, reckon with the imminent end and then use every opportunity where you comply with My will, for people's souls are in great distress and only loving help can save them from ruin, from spiritual death and the new banishment which will then become necessary. And I truly want to grant you the power of persuasion, I want to bless your words and also those to whom you convey them, so that your work will be successful, so that you will convey My gospel to the souls and thereby win them over for Me and My kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Serious reminder to vineyard work ....

B.D. 5652 from April 15th 1953, taken from Book No. 62

The days will quickly pass when you can still be active for My kingdom. And therefore I want to provide you with strength so that you can make good use of the short time, I want to expand your field of work, I want to give you abundant seed so that you can sow much in the field which you are to cultivate. I want to be with you with My blessing and you shall noticeably feel it, for you shall be encouraged to be active because there is not much time left until the end. Do whatever you feel impelled to do, for it is My will which I place in your heart, and wherever you have the opportunity speak, even if you don't always find understanding if people don't agree with you. It is always the beginning, the first ploughing of the field, which must be done in order to make the soil suitable for sowing. The seed will not always come up, but the more lovingly you go about the work, the more success you will have. You are still allowed to speak freely, you don't yet need to fear any opposing power, there is a certain state of calm amongst people where they can listen to you if they want to. And you should make good use of this time and eagerly work for Me and My kingdom. And I truly want to smooth the paths for you and guide you, assign you the work which you can successfully accomplish. Difficult times lie ahead of you, the storm will break out overnight which requires all strength of resistance, which I know about and take My precautions accordingly, yet the calm before is a time of grace which shall be used properly. Your heart will tell you what can be done to spread My gospel, through which I will express Myself if you want to serve Me. And whatever you recognize as good and in accordance with My will you should also do and let yourselves be blessed for it, for then you will be helping Me which will let many more souls find their way to Me. No matter what happens, it is My providence, it is My will which only corresponds to My eternal plan of salvation. But you should not put spiritual work on the back burner and give priority to earthly life .... Work with Me and for Me and participate in the act of salvation .... this is your actual task which you will always be able to fulfil because you will never need to do without My blessing. The time is drawing to a close .... and whatever is possible in order to save souls from the night of death beforehand is what you should do, I will also always favour it, I will smooth all paths you should take in order to bring life to the dead souls .... I will take you into My protection Myself, I will care for you as a good householder cares for his children, for his servants and maidservants who seek to fulfil his will ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Duty of distribution .... Warning of unfamiliar knowledge ....

B.D. 5808 from November 19th 1953, taken from Book No. 63

Nothing shall prevent you from supporting the truth you receive from Me Myself. And that which was not given to you by Me Myself should not become the subject of your conversations; you cannot convincingly advocate what I have not given you and only convinced speeches are successful and can result in blessings. The knowledge is inexhaustible .... yet for your earthly life you may only receive information you can make the most of .... And this is the knowledge I convey to you .... always in line with your thoughts and your soul's maturity. I merely want you to live a right and appropriate way of life, hence I inform you of your task on earth and explain the reasons for this task in life. But you should know that you are bound creatures which, however, can release themselves from their bondage of their own free will .... So in order that you strive for and accomplish this release, I provide you with guidelines for your way of life. Your sense of responsibility needs to be aroused so that it will subsequently determine your thoughts and actions .... And, to this end, I truly provide you with comprehensive explanations .... Yet it will only ever be partial knowledge compared to the absolute realisation possessed by the matured soul of a light being in the kingdom of the beyond. Nevertheless, the information I give you encompasses all areas worth knowing, so that you are, in a manner of speaking, completely informed .... and always able to offer an explanation if you are approached for one by other people .... Even so, it would be unwise of you to indiscriminately impart everything you received from Me to fellow human beings who are not mature enough as yet and therefore won't understand it .... You can only ever distribute what is needed by another person .... but this in absolute truth, because you offered your service to Me, and service to Me only ever consists of distributing the truth, because any error has far-reaching consequences .... The knowledge I impart to you first enlightens yourselves, so that you will indeed be able to distinguish whether the other person lives in truth or in error .... So if you discover misconceptions, you should oppose them with the truth because you are entitled to do so, because you are instructed by Me Myself and you can truly only receive truth from Me .... Receiving the truth commits you to passing it on .... this has to be said time after time .... Therefore, you can confidently pass on anything you understand, but do not speak about spiritual knowledge you do not understand as yet .... nor allow fellow human beings to instruct you about something I Myself withheld from you .... Hold on to My Word at all times and keep your ears closed to external teachings .... For if I have not informed you of these, I do not consider this knowledge to be of benefit for you .... I will answer your every question, especially if the knowledge is useful to work for Me again. But under no circumstances should you endorse your own thoughts as truth as long as they are not confirmed through My spirit .... And this is the case if you allow fellow human beings to influence you into accepting and advocating their mental knowledge .... I place the feeling for truth and error into My light bearers' heart and they should always pay attention to their feelings .... they should always earnestly desire the truth and only endeavour to serve the truth, then they will also serve Me and their thoughts will remain free from error, they will be suitable servants for Me and work successfully for Me and My kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Exhortation to workers in the vineyard .... success in the hereafter ....

B.D. 6066 from September 29th 1954, taken from Book No. 65

However it may come, do not grow weary in your work for Me and My kingdom. Often you will still be discouraged because you seem to be working in vain; yet earthly activity is far more futile, for your success will melt away into nothing when the great chaos begins. But what you have achieved in spiritual work will then come to fruition .... No matter whether it concerns yourselves or your fellow human beings whom you have made aware of so far, for they will think back and consider the probability. And some will learn to think differently when events befall people which take away all earthly hope. Remain diligent in your vineyard work and fill the place where I have placed you. Each one do what he is instructed to do and do not ask with what success he works, for spiritual work is never unsuccessful, but its extent cannot be seen by you humans. Don't get tired and use the time well because it is only limited but can still be used beneficially. And don't look at the world and its sinfulness, don't doubt the truth of My word that the worldlings are in mortal danger, even if you see them living a life of pleasure .... even if they want to prove you wrong in view of the worldly upswing .... Believe My words: Soon everything will come to an end .... But since the spiritual knows no end, it is a matter of creating a state for this spiritual that does not give torment and darkness, but light and bliss .... And no matter how small the success of your work may seem .... it is not small in the spiritual world, and what you are unable to achieve with your fellow human beings can still be achieved by My spiritual co-workers, who all work with the same spiritual knowledge which you receive on earth and which you also make accessible to the spiritual inhabitants through your willingness. Therefore you should be constantly active and not let yourselves be distracted by what you see around you. You spread what is right and true, and the future will teach people how worthless what they aspired to was .... For no one can escape chaos. And then you will also be heard for a short time, and you can hand out what is now spurned .... Then every labourer will be needed in My vineyard because the time of harvest has come ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Exhortation to diligent vineyard work ....

B.D. 6263 from May 22nd 1955, taken from Book No. 67

You should be tirelessly active, for the time is only short when you can work unhindered for Me and My kingdom. But as soon as the time of chaos begins, as soon as the battle of faith begins afterwards, you will only be able to carry out your vineyard work in secret, for the world hates and persecutes you because it sees your faith, your attitude towards Me, your creator and father, your redeemer from sin and death, as a stumbling block in its worldly activity. And then much preliminary work shall already have been done by you, then My word shall already have been conveyed to many people who were also willing to pass it on themselves, and it will be a great source of strength for all recipients in the time of adversity which now lies ahead of them. This will be a time of testing for all of you which, however, you need not fear if it is only your will, your desire, to stand firm and not to betray Me for the sake of earthly advantage .... What the world can offer you will not benefit you for long, for nothing will remain for you when the end has come .... But great profit will remain for you if you remain faithful to Me, for your spiritual possessions cannot be taken from you and your soul will possess great wealth when the body passes away .... Therefore don't let yourselves be blinded by the world's goods which are assured to you in order to persuade you to apostasize from Me. And therefore much preliminary work shall still be done so that people will be informed of what awaits them and how transient the earthly matter is to which they still pay homage. Although you will always be able to work for Me, you will only be able to do so in secret when the battle against faith, against everything spiritual begins .... Then you must be clever as serpents and gentle as doves .... And even then you will still be successful with many who find their way to Me through adversity and need strength and comfort and will seek these from you .... I know the time that lies ahead of you, I therefore also know that and how you will survive the battle .... And therefore I call upon you to remember the many who are still weak in faith and to stand by them so that they, too, seek strength where you have found it .... with Me Myself, Who can now also be with each individual and lead him out through all dangers .... that I can constantly give them strength because they join Me and faithfully ask Me for it .... Your activity shall reach even wider circles and I Myself want to help you spread My gospel .... I want to supply you with people whom you are to look after on My behalf, to whom you are to convey the truth, the pure gospel, which I supply to you from above because humanity is in great spiritual need .... My word shall bring help to all in this adversity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Warning against rash action and speech ....

B.D. 6425 from December 14th 1955, taken from Book No. 69

My grace sends you admonitions and warnings because you possess My love and because you should be made aware of dangers which directly threaten you if you are not careful .... There are certainly always guards around you ready to defend you, nevertheless, you must also know yourselves that you would be at the mercy of the elements of blind vengefulness without this protection which is provided on My behalf .... And therefore you should only ever remain in contact with Me, for then I will also be with you because your thoughts will attract Me, and then all forces which want to harm you will be powerless. Hell rages and its forces also win people over for their plans, therefore you must not offer them a handhold, which can easily happen through thoughtless words which a righteous anger lets you speak .... always be gentle as doves but wise as serpents! .... Whoever fights for My kingdom, whoever fights for the truth, will also be attacked by the opponents of truth, and these are in the service of My adversary who impels them to make false accusations, so that you will have to defend yourselves against lies and falsehood. But then remember My admonition, remember that you are surrounded by My fighters and then turn to them to protect you, and also turn your thoughts to Me so that My light of love will fall between you and your enemies and push them back .... Everywhere My adversary will try to harm you because he realizes that he is losing strength through you .... because he seeks to stop your work for Me and My kingdom and because he will stop at no means to achieve the aim .... to extinguish My light .... And people are in bondage to him, they hate the truth just as much because they themselves feel more comfortable in darkness .... They therefore willingly help him when it is necessary to take action against you .... And therefore human action will be taken against you, and then you must be on your guard and not do anything rash .... Then you only have to entrust yourselves to My protection with complete faith, you only have to strengthen your bond with the world of light, for then they will take up the battle against the forces of the underworld on My behalf, but they can only do so if you don't detach yourselves from them and take up arms against your enemies on your own authority, for you yourselves are not strong enough and you would be defeated without the support of My fighters, without My help .... But you need not fear anything as long as you unite with Me in spirit .... in prayer .... And I only warn you so that you are attentive and immediately recognize the danger when it is approaching .... For the adversary has devised a ruse, but you will recognize it if you remember My warning .... For I always have to take your free will into account, therefore I cannot intervene and place My fighters at your side until you appeal to Me for help or hand yourselves over to all good forces so that they may protect you .... Yet My adversary will have to give way to them, and they will repel every attack aimed at you because you are active for Me and My kingdom ....

Amen

Translation handled by Doris Boekers

Serious admonition from God to His servants .... World affairs ....

B.D. 6505 from March 19th 1956, taken from Book No. 70

I address the following words to all My co-workers: The service for Me and My kingdom requires much love for Me and for the neighbour, for it will not be easy in the time to come. You will obviously be hindered by earthly influences as well as by spiritual conflicts you get into due to world events. And precisely then it is particularly necessary to join Me and take care of your fellow human beings who are in distress due to world events and who are completely helpless without faith. Then you must point out to them the One Who can help them and wants to help them .... Then you should only ever mention Me, and therefore you must first be so intimately united with Me that you are inwardly driven to speak on My behalf. I predict that you yourselves will weaken in view of what threatens you, but you can overcome this weakness through intimate union with Me. Then do not let yourselves be pushed away from Me by world affairs .... I seriously address this admonition to you, for you can only be strong and fulfil your task in union with Me: .... to also transfer your strength to your fellow human being whom you can help to believe and thereby also ease his situation. Love for Me and love for your neighbour will carry you through all difficulties, and the more you become immersed in My word, the more your senses are directed spiritually, the less you will be affected by all earthly experiences and the stronger will be your support for Me and My kingdom .... I alone am the point of rest, all strength comes from Me alone, and I alone can also direct the earthly events around you in such a manner that you will remain less affected by them, but this presupposes intimate union with Me, otherwise My radiation of love will remain ineffective because you shut your hearts to it the more you are captivated by the earthly world, the more you distance yourselves from spirituality. For there will be great confusion amongst people and all thoughts will only be preoccupied with world affairs, and then there is the danger that the spiritual bond will be interrupted, that the world will stand between Me and you and that it will then take you captive .... Whatever may come, do not let yourselves be frightened but always feel safe in My love .... stick to Me so that I can always be present to you, and you will then be protected from all adversity. As soon as you loosen your bond with Me you will be in danger .... Therefore, I earnestly admonish you to always carry Me in your heart and to strengthen the bond through loving activity towards your neighbour .... Always consider yourselves My supports in the last time before the end, whose cooperation I need but which can only be achieved in union with Me .... And only ever look at world events from the point of view that everything has to happen in order to carry out the last purification on this earth, that nothing happens without My will or My permission .... but only those people will emerge unscathed who do not relinquish their spiritual bond with Me .... who do not see any danger for themselves even in the most exciting world events because they are completely devoted to Me and therefore also enjoy My fatherly protection. I urgently admonish you, My servants on earth, to only draw all strength for earthly life from Me, not to start anything without having requested My support, My blessing, and to trustingly hand yourselves over to My guidance. Only the intimate bond with Me can strengthen you in the time to come, and only love for Me and for your neighbour will lift you above all oppression that will still come upon the earth through human will .... These are the storms which will still roar over the earth before the end but which cannot knock you down as long as you remain united with Me through love and prayer ....

Amen

Translation handled by Christian Taffertshofer

Exhortation to undaunted vineyard work ....

B.D. 6630 from August 28th 1956, taken from Book No. 71

People's mental confusion increases more and more and they move away from the truth more and more because they are completely under the influence of the one who is an enemy of truth. For their thoughts are meant for the world and thus they also surrender to the lord of this world who leaves no stone unturned to keep the truth from people. But they don't allow themselves to be taught either; they are convinced that they live right and justly because they only ever consider their own advantages and consider everything to be good which therefore benefits them. And such an attitude can never earn them the truth, which is the share of the one who despises the world and only strives for the spiritual kingdom. It is impossible to move in the world and in truth at the same time because truth requires giving up the world. A renunciation of earthly goods only earns the human being spiritual goods. But as long as the human being strives for nothing but earthly goods, truth will be denied him or he will not recognize and value it as truth if it is nevertheless offered to him. But a worldly person does not desire truth either, he is content with the goods which make earthly life pleasant for him and does not think about the soul's life after death. And his spiritual state becomes ever more dark, his thinking ever more erroneous and his soul ever more wretched .... If I now give you reasons for the present spiritual darkness, this should not mean that you, My servants on earth, should therefore slacken in your work for Me and My kingdom. Where you have no success at all, there "shake the dust off your feet" and walk on .... You should undauntedly carry out your work in My vineyard, for it is not done in vain, it will nevertheless result in success, because no spiritual work is useless, you yourselves just cannot see the effect of your efforts. And therefore you should not tire and always carry My word anew into all the world .... If one rejects you, then go to the next and on and on, a grain remains with everyone; it can fall on stony ground, but a seed can also sprout in secret at a time when you no longer think about it .... A single word may have remained in your memory and at a later time sound again softly and then find an echo .... For it does not lose its power, and I count on it .... You should not let your hands drop hopelessly, you should not give up your work .... you should only always know that I Myself am with you and bless every work for Me and My kingdom .... and that this blessing will be evident one day, thus no work is done in vain. For as soon as the desire for the world subsides, the hitherto confused thoughts will also clear up and the submerged will come to the surface .... And that once the desire for the world subsides, I Myself will see to that, even if often in a painful way .... But it is the salvation of the soul and not of the body that is important. And suffering of the body can be exceedingly beneficial for the soul. Therefore do not worry but undauntedly do the work for which you have voluntarily offered yourselves to Me .... Also accept derogatory remarks undauntedly and do not let them hinder you .... Keep on walking and offer My gift of grace to everyone you meet .... Every now and then you will find shelter and be able to do beneficial work. And if each one of My own saves just one soul again, he will have done a blessed work which will have an effect which you cannot measure .... But you will always have the world as your adversary, yet you should also administer to the worldly people what is salvific for them .... For many of them will remember your words when the time has come when what I have long announced to you will be fulfilled .... And then the seed can still sprout and bear fruit .... For until the end every person still has the opportunity to call upon Me, and no call to Me will be in vain ....

Amen

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Renewed reminder to vineyard workers ....

B.D. 6659 from October 1st 1956, taken from Book No. 71

An office has been assigned to you by Me, and as soon as you are willing to serve Me you will also be able to administer this office, for I don't demand anything of you which you cannot fulfil. Nevertheless, at the same time you must also make an effort to gain My satisfaction, for I require diligent work from you, as only the person who loves Me and therefore also serves Me joyfully will achieve. As soon as the human being's zeal diminishes, his work will also be less successful. But it is urgently necessary in the last days before the end .... And My adversary will be just as eager to hinder your work, to undermine it and make it ineffective, and he will have much success. And his success will tire you and there is a danger that you will slacken in your work for Me and My kingdom. Again and again I tell you that you should nevertheless remain eager and not allow yourselves to be influenced by his successes and your apparent failures .... For I Myself am on your side and you work on My behalf, thus also under My blessing. You, as My disciples of the end time, do not have an easy ministry because little faith will be placed in you. But you possess something exceedingly effective in My word which is directly commanded to you by Me .... And this word cannot be outweighed by anything else, even if My adversary sets the world with its goods against it .... All this is transient but My word will last for eternity. Every person to whom you impart My word will be addressed by Me Myself through this word, and he will draw strength in abundance from this address and his soul can no longer get lost. And since the soul is the imperishable, it will awaken in the spiritual kingdom after the death of the body because it has come to life through My word .... And therefore My instruction to you, My servants on earth, is to only ever convey My word to your fellow human beings, which you receive directly from Me .... Take this work seriously, for you possess delectable possessions which you should distribute, because only such work alone is of value, whereas every earthly activity is only blessed by Me when the spiritual work is preceded by you. Everyone who has come into possession of My word has the same task again if he wants to live to please Me. And he will fulfil this task just as eagerly if he loves Me and also shows love to his fellow human beings. Anyone who has once accepted My word in his heart also knows that the spreading of this word is the most important, the most urgent thing at this time, for I Myself was able to address him and guide him to the right realization. And your concern should only ever be to open hearts for My word, to inform your fellow human beings of My word and to give them samples which can also awaken a hunger for the right food and drink. There is not much time left at your disposal where you can be unhindered in your activity .... But as long as you are still free in your spiritual activity you should also be eager and make use of every opportunity to speak for Me and My kingdom. For it is necessary, for people are increasingly turning away from Me and towards My adversary. And therefore everything spiritual will also seem ever more untrustworthy to them and the gulf will become ever wider, it will become ever more difficult for you to find acceptance, to be listened to and to be able to convey My spiritual knowledge to them, but this should not hold you back in your eagerness, for as long as the earth still exists the last possibilities are not exhausted either, and again and again a soul can still find its way back to Me, whose salvation is therefore still incumbent upon you. You should not worry whether you will be successful but always believe that you possess the most effective means of help with My word and therefore can also work with My word .... For I only send it to earth so that the souls will still be saved before the end comes .... But for this I need people who serve Me as mediators, because I Myself cannot address those people who are still far away from Me .... I need you and therefore constantly call upon you to work diligently and not to slacken in your service for Me and My kingdom ....

Amen

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Urgent exhortation to spread the word of God ....

B.D. 6764 from February 17th 1957, taken from Book No. 72

You have your task which you may not shirk because it is extremely urgent and concerns work which not everyone is able to accomplish: You are to pass on My word which is directly conveyed to you by Me and which therefore can also have an extremely powerful effect where it is willingly received. I Myself trained you for this ministry, I Myself introduced you to the truth and also made the understanding for it accessible to you .... Thus I Myself have chosen the disciples who are to convey My teaching to the world in the last days, because I know that it is urgently necessary to convey My pure word to people, which alone can give them light in the time of confusion and which brightly and clearly shows them the path which leads to Me, to eternal beatitude. However, My will cannot necessarily determine you to comply with this task, you must be willing to serve Me in fullest freedom of will, only then will you also be able to do so .... You must not be subject to any kind of compulsion, love for Me and for your neighbour must impel you to convey My word to him, and this love must be so profound that you will not let anything hinder you from carrying out your ministry .... For you will only be successful if love is the driving force behind your activity. But love will also make you overcomers .... i.e., nothing can oppose love, it will always be victorious .... For you also draw the strength for your work for Me and My kingdom from love. And understandably you must therefore always think of your neighbour before you think of yourselves .... You must let every work for Me and My kingdom come to the fore, you must also not let resistance hold you back from this work because it will dissolve by itself where the strength of love is active. The spreading of My word is of utmost importance and should not be postponed either, because every day can still be utilized for the work every person still has to do on his soul .... because every person also needs strength for this, which he can draw from My word again and again .... because My word is the water of life which alone helps the soul to recover, and because My flow of grace shall constantly flow into the hearts of those who desire it .... And people long for it .... for whom I was once able to address through his willingness to hear Me I also want to constantly quench his hunger and thirst, for he increases the more he is allowed to receive. Therefore, don't let any stagnation occur, fill their hearts with the nourishment which I Myself offer you, let them also come to the table where My gifts are spread out for everyone .... Share out as long as you yourselves receive the abundance of grace and let no-one go hungry. And remember that the time is only short when you can work unhindered, remember that every day has to be utilized, and take your work seriously, for it is very urgent .... Again and again I tell you that you can be certain of My help, My grace and My protection, that I Myself bless you and your work and that you just must not become lukewarm and indifferent, because then you would easily run the risk of being worked on by My adversary, but this is impossible for him as soon as you are eagerly active on My behalf. And he tries to stop this eager activity of yours, and he truly has many means which he uses but which remain ineffective where you use your love with increased strength, where you unite with Me ever more intimately through your activity and therefore allow My constant presence which makes every activity impossible for the adversary .... Just hand yourselves over to My protection with complete trust and you will not lack the strength to be active for Me. Time is pressing, and thus you should also try to fulfil My mission ever more eagerly: To spread My word and to make people's hearts happy who draw strength from My word and who now also want to be active again, as it is My will .... Time is pressing, and therefore I admonish you again and again and make you aware of the significance of your earthly task. I have mentioned to you that you proclaim the gospel in My stead, which you receive directly from Me ....

Amen

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Reminder not to slacken in vineyard work ....

B.D. 6779 from March 9th 1957, taken from Book No. 72

Humanity needs constant wake-up calls, for again and again it falls back into a sleep of death from which, however, it shall awaken to life in order to still be able to eagerly work on the soul .... And therefore this also requires constant work on the part of My servants, again and again to rouse people and to make them aware of the significance of their earthly life and to encourage them to start working, which is urgent because there is not much time left for it. No one of My vineyard labourers should believe that he has done enough once he has let his wake-up call resound .... Again and again he shall try to shoo the sleep from them, which holds them captive and from which they can escape with difficulty. I well know that again and again you have to record failures, but nevertheless you shall not grow weary, for it is the preliminary work you do so that they know why it happens, that I stir them up from their rest with a voice of thunder if they don't wake up beforehand and turn to the most important work: to transform themselves as it corresponds to My will. People shall not be surprised in deep sleep, and therefore you shall repeatedly sound wake-up calls beforehand, you shall draw their attention to what is coming, you shall inform them that they will not be allowed to enjoy their rest for much longer, that they will have to be forcibly awakened if they don't listen to you and comply with your words. But you shall not let them rest .... For they are in a very difficult situation, they are constantly losing more and more strength because their earthly life will soon be over and therefore they will also lose the vitality they still possess and could therefore be active if it were their will. But it lies idle as long as they keep the sleep of death, as long as they don't strive for any spiritual life and use their life energy to acquire spiritual goods. And the whole of humanity is already in a state of torpor, except for the few who heeded the wake-up calls and desire to live .... But these shall remember their fellow human beings and help them to also find life .... And therefore you should not stop proclaiming to them what I charge you with: that in not much longer time I will let My voice resound loudly and audibly .... For this day draws ever closer and it will be the beginning of the end. For it precedes the last end like a shadow. But the end means an infinitely long night from which there will no longer be such an awakening as is still possible now through My voice, which will certainly sound exceedingly loud and terrible and therefore still be able to bring people to awakening. And then individuals can still pursue their activity with increased eagerness and seriously prepare themselves for the end which will follow shortly afterwards. But then night will irrevocably fall upon all people who ignore this wake-up call .... Then they will truly sink into a sleep of death from which there will be no awakening for an infinitely long time. You, who as My servants have entrusted your services to Me, should remember that you cannot mention the forthcoming events often enough to your fellow human beings .... For every soul that follows your wake-up call will thank you eternally that you saved it from that endless long night .... People don't know what hardship they are in, and they will not believe your ideas either. But My last intervention can still bring them to their senses if they realize that your words were truth, which will then return to their memory and no longer remain without impression. Therefore, don't let any opportunity pass you by, don't fear the ridicule or ill-will of your fellow human beings, always remember that you are already standing in the light of day and that you no longer need to fear the darkness, whatever may come, but that an unspeakably agonizing fate awaits those if you don't succeed in rousing them from their sleep of death. Love and compassion shall motivate you to speak on My behalf again and again, but you should never believe that you have done enough, for as long as the earth still exists the souls must still be fought for so that they will not succumb to My adversary's power ....

Amen

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Admonition for all vineyard labourers ....

B.D. 7599 from May 14th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

The waves of unrest trying to take hold of you, My servants on earth, will keep rising, and you will go through all kinds of problems and yet, you must remain faithful to Me in all problems of body and soul .... Always remember that you are living at the time of the end .... And this endtime will still bring you a great many surprises of various kinds. But one thing is certain, you should faithfully keep to My revelations, to My Word, which comes to you from above. For even in this respect My adversary will try to cause much confusion by aiming to intersperse the truth with serious errors, and he will be successful because people often lack the spirit of discernment .... because they often lack an awakened spirit. However, they can pray for the gift of discernment, for I will truly not let a person live in error who sincerely desires the truth. And I will certainly convey to you the knowledge you need in order to successfully accomplish your vineyard work for Me and My kingdom .... for this reason it is not necessary for you to adopt unfamiliar spiritual knowledge you have not received from Me. But you should pay attention to what happens around you, to what is going on in this world and to people’s actions, because thereby you will recognise the activity of the one who is raging during the last days because he knows that he does not have much time left. And thus I tell you time and time again that you should leave the control and guidance to Me, because I know where and in which way a person who is willing to work for Me is a faithful labourer .... And I will truly assign his work to him, he will not need to search for the work he should do for Me. However, it is My adversary’s activity to keep confusing people’s thoughts, to rush and irritate them, to deprive them of their inner calm, to turn people against each other and to destroy all good relations .... My adversary also exerts his influence by diverting people’s eyes from purely spiritual processes and directing them towards the machinations of immature spirits which avail themselves of ensnared people in order to cause trouble .... Follow your path steadfastly, be willing to serve Me as faithful servants and always wait for where I will deploy you for your service .... And I will guide you .... but do not act independently, instead, let Me arrange everything, because I know the success or failure, I also know My adversary’s activity and can only ever advise you to turn to Me, to hand yourselves over to Me and not to act overzealously, because all agitation is My adversary’s work, but you can only find inner calm in Me. If you let Me be your guide and constant companion, everything will work itself out in such a way that you need only follow your inner urging and you will be acting in a righteous and good way before Me and thus serve Me in truth as My labourers in My vineyard. But do not allow yourselves to be influenced by strange forces. And you will always have to fear a strange force if you lose your inner calm. Everything requires its time, and even the activity of evil forces is permitted by Me so that the extent of people’s resistance to them can be tested. When the time is right I will confront them with My strength and then you, My servants, will know that you are working and acting for Me. And therefore there is only one thing to do: trustingly hand yourselves over to Me and appeal for My guidance, then you will be called to service which could be a success for Me .... You should not tackle things of your own accord without having received instructions from Me .... but you should at all times be ready to serve Me, then you will be guided such that you can accomplish your vineyard work well, that you can save souls from their final downfall .... that you therefore will be diligent labourers for Me during the last days before the end.

Amen

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Exhortation to work in the vineyard ....

B.D. 7620 from June 13th 1960, taken from Book No. 80

This is your mission, that you spread My word .... I speak to you again and again and I want you to pass on My word, for I speak through you to all people who want to listen to you. And thus I send you out into the world again, that is, I give you the task to proclaim the divine teaching of love, to inform your fellow human beings that you have received this teaching of love from Me directly and that they should therefore live their way of life in accordance with this teaching of love. If you are able to inform your fellow human beings of this, youâ€™ll have done a lot of successful vineyard work. you have successfully worked in the vineyard, and you have been efficient servants for Me who worked for their Lord according to His will. People live in ignorance; they don't know how detrimental a life without love is for their soul .... But their attention must be drawn to the fact that they must not live so thoughtlessly, they must know about their purpose of earthly life and their task, they must be instructed that they can only become blissfully happy through love. And therefore the commandments of love have to be conveyed to them, they have to experience that I Myself speak to people again and again, that I also want to address them and that I now also do so through you .... They also have to learn about My divine teaching of love and then arrange their lives accordingly so that their earthly life will not have been in vain, so that their souls will mature on earth and they will be able to enter the kingdom of light and beatitude after their death. Therefore you, My servants on earth, should do everything that is beneficial for the spreading of My word .... This is why I call upon you again and again, because it is urgent, because the time you have left until the end is running out. And every spiritual work you do for Me will truly be blessed, for every soul I can address through you will receive strength if only it listens to Me in readiness, if it does not reject you and thus also Me Myself, Who speaks to them through you. Every word the soul receives is an influx of strength which enables it and which otherwise could not be conveyed. And I truly struggle for every soul in the last days before the end, which I can protect from ruin, from falling into the abyss. If you want to be My co-workers then voluntarily place yourselves at My disposal, allow Me to speak through you and pass on My word and a great blessing will truly rest on your activity, even if you don't feel it that way on earth. But I know the hardship of every single soul and also know how I can alleviate it. But I need you, My servants, for this, because I cannot address every person Myself, because you shall serve Me as mediators who have access to those and who prefer to be listened to and who therefore will also experience the blessing from My word. And thus I admonish you again and again to work diligently in the vineyard, because not much time remains for all of you until the end. And every word you impart to your fellow human beings will work as strength, and where My strength can radiate there will also be no downfall, for people will then also make contact with Me if they willingly listen to you and thus allow themselves to be addressed by Me. The strength of My word will touch their souls which then turn towards Me and let themselves be seized by Me. And then the soul can no longer get lost, it will turn to Me in its adversity and I will rescue it from danger, I will snatch it back from the abyss, I will help it to ascend and it will be saved for eternity ...._>Amen

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Exhortation to resist in the last days ....

B.D. 8136 from March 26th 1962, taken from Book No. 86

You can be certain that I am present to you as soon as you hear My voice .... You can believe that My spirit works in you as soon as you intimately unite with Me and desire to hear Me .... But the prerequisites must be fulfilled that you shape yourselves into a receptacle for My flow of spirit, that you have prepared your hearts for My presence. And this can only be achieved by love which then also gives birth to living faith in My working in you, otherwise you would not listen inwardly to My voice. But if you listen to My word then humility must also fill your heart, for I only grant My grace to the humble, and My word is a gift of grace of unheard-of significance. But then you can also be convinced that you are living in truth, for what I say to you directly is truth because it originates from the giver of truth, from the eternal truth Itself. And thus always regard yourselves as My servants who will only ever want, think and act in accordance with My will, for you could not be receptacles of My divine spirit if you had not offered yourselves to Me for service in free will and thus fully consciously bestowed your will upon Me, who thus turned to Me and you thus passed the test of will on earth and you are on the path of return and have already shortly arrived at your goal. How else, then, shall I confirm your mission to you, which you have voluntarily offered yourselves to Me to fulfil? I was able to choose you for this mission because all prerequisites were present and I want you to complete your mission and not let yourselves be held back in any way, for it is important and I did not arbitrarily choose strong-willed servants for Myself who will withstand all onslaughts from My adversary. He truly does not shy away from any means if he hopes to thereby extinguish the light which shines brightly down to earth .... Therefore, don't become fickle in your faith to be true servants to Me, but only hold on to Me and the tempter will leave when he sees that his plans and intentions are unsuccessful. Yet I also leave him fullest freedom, for it is the last time .... Soon his activity will come to an end, and until then I will also know how to protect you who consciously serve Me. Just want to be and remain Mine .... And use all your strength to work in My vineyard .... Don't let yourselves be frightened but believe and trust Me, Who will truly protect you and not abandon you to error because you earnestly desire truth. Always keep your heart open for My flow of love and constantly receive the bread of heaven, the water of life .... Let yourselves be fed and watered by Me and you will increase in strength and serve Me with joy. But do not listen to what people say to you if it does not correspond to My address .... Although I leave everyone free, for I do not force the human being's will, everyone must seriously ask himself how he relates to Me in order to think and act correctly before My eyes. And you should always establish this right relationship, and then you will also be able to be certain that you are under My protection and need not fear My adversary. Yet he will harass you until the end because he knows that he does not have much time left .... And this shall also be an explanation to you for the strangest events which will still happen but which you will always be able to ward off with My help and My strength, for I will not abandon those who are Mine and want to remain .... I give them strength to resist .... I always grant them My protection so that they can fulfil their task in My will ....

Amen

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Faithless humanity .... The end is near ....

B.D. 5173 from July 18th 1951, taken from Book No. 58

Each day takes you closer to the end. Time passes quickly, yet the human race is not aware of what each day still means for people, what they could still acquire and how soon the time they are still granted until the end will be over. The human race does not consider the end and thus lives without worry or only worries about earthly things. Humanity is blind and does nothing to open its eyes; it is alive and approaches death even though it is meant to acquire eternal life while it still lives on earth. And yet, nothing else can be done than to proclaim to it the near end through seers and prophets, only the Gospel can be conveyed to it, and anyone who believes in it will be saved .... However, people live without faith; although they don't always openly reject what is presented to them by God, by Christ, by the beyond, they nevertheless don't possess the right faith, the inner conviction of it, and thus their belief is worthless. But if you humans don't want to go astray you must gain this faith. For without faith you will neither call upon God nor appeal for gifts of grace so as to be able to become suitable for the afterlife. Without faith you won't establish the connection with Jesus Christ, Who alone is the path to eternal life .... without faith you won't live your earthly life consciously with a spiritual goal, instead you will live purely an earthly life which achieves nothing for eternal life. Faith has to come alive in you or become convinced faith, if it is merely conventional belief .... Hence you must listen to what God's messengers proclaim to you; you should not instantly reject what you are preached but make an effort to think about it ....

If your will is good you won't find it difficult to believe, in that case you will already be consciously considering the end. You will take the possibility into account; you will try to change, for that is the effect of true faith .... If your will is good .... for good will also always develops the love within itself, because a good will always arises from a good heart.

And love helps you to gain a convinced faith. For this reason good and helpful people are more likely to believe in the end, for this belief arises from love and is constantly nourished by love. Just try to gain the right kind of faith, a living faith, which impels you to work at improving your soul .... And once you have gained it you will also confer it on your fellow human beings, for there is great hardship amongst humanity, precisely because you lack the right faith in Jesus Christ as the Redeemer, in eternal life in the spiritual kingdom. This concept is unreal to people, at best they merely profess it with their mouth while their heart is unaware of it; but then the human being lacks the knowledge and strength to transform himself, subsequently, earthly life comes to an end without having led to the goal, without having attained the maturity which assures him eternal life. And the end is coming ever closer .... Anyone who remains without faith is approaching a dreadful end, a fate which would horrify him if he knew of it. God's messengers, the servants He chose Himself, proclaim it to people and draw their attention to the near end. Listen to them if they come to you, and think about what they say .... and take the possibility into account that they have told you the truth. Then you will strive towards changing yourselves, the earthly world will no longer seem so important to you and you will take better care of your soul; then you will not have to fear the near end either, for it will only be a transition for you into a new life which will make you increasingly happier because it can never be taken from you again ....

Amen

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Exhortations .... (John 14.) dwelling in the heart ....

B.D. 3238 from August 31th 1944, taken from Book No. 42

Your heart should be pure and without dross if you want to receive Me in it. And thus you should make an effort to ennoble yourselves and only carry good thoughts within yourselves; every ignoble impulse should stay away from you, you should treat each other with peace and love, you should not allow any resentment or hatred to arise within yourselves, you should always be willing to help and use your strength to work in love; you should often pause in prayer and also remember the deceased, you should practice mercy and bear your fellow human beings' weaknesses with all patience and not want to excel but serve in humility and meekness wherever you can accomplish a work of love. For only then will you become like Me if you make an effort to follow Me in everything, if you constantly work on yourselves and discard all faults and weaknesses. Then I can take possession of your hearts and dwell and work in you .... This is an exceeding bliss already on earth, for if I Myself am with you there will be no more hardship, no more earthly suffering and no more pain .... For your body no longer feels anything, only before the world it still appears sensitive for the sake of people who do not yet grasp a high degree of maturity which allows My presence. And thus I am also not obviously recognizable, yet the earthly child which has fulfilled the conditions to revel in My presence feels My nearness and is exceedingly blissful. It hears Me and is happy about My voice .... And every person can achieve this happiness if he eagerly strives for perfection, if he does everything to gain My pleasure and shapes his heart into love. For then he will inevitably draw Me close to him and I will take abode in his heart and never ever leave him. But if you have shortcomings and don't make an effort to get rid of them, you create an obstacle for Me and My activity, and then I will remain eternally inaccessible to you. You must seriously want and request the strength from Me to carry out the will, and you must do everything in order to progress in your development, you must examine yourselves and fight your faults, you must compete in good and constantly strive to perfect yourselves, then My love will assist you and strength will flow to you .... your striving will be successful .... you will be able to receive Me Myself into your heart, and this signifies beatitude already on earth and eternal unification in the spiritual kingdom. For unification with Me takes all earthly hardship away from you, it makes you free and powerful, it relieves you of earthly heaviness, and knowledge opens up to you which makes you happy and stimulates you into utmost activity of love. For then My voice will continue to sound to you and I will teach you and determine all your ways, your actions, your thoughts and your will. Yet I do not force you but your heart, which is voluntarily offered to Me, carries the same will within itself, it has completely subordinated itself to My will, and therefore the human being can no longer think and want differently .... and this is the great bliss of being one with My will .... Therefore, strive for this union with Me with all diligence, work on yourselves and shape yourselves into love, so that I can be with you in all fullness, so that I can take abode in your hearts and you will no longer be lonely and forsaken .... so that My love can make you happy and My strength flow to you, so that you no longer walk the earthly path alone but have a constant companion in Me ....

Amen

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